The Truth Of History And Text Writing

Li Mi is one of the most important characters in the end Sui and early Tang Dynasty.He was a man of excellent talent,talented both mentally and physically and established a great achievement in the process of destroying Sui Dynasty,but finally he was defeated by Wang Shichong in the battle of Mang Shan.Then he was killed because of betrayal when he surrendered to Li Yuan.From historical classics to poetry corpus to pinghua novels,his image has undergone many changes.The author takes the shaping and evolution of Li Mi's image as the main line,by deconstructing Li Mi's image of different works which were made in different historical periods,and makes a comprehensive analysis and induction of the evolution of Li Mi's image through the analysis of "historical writing" itself.In the official historical books represented by the History of North Dynasty,the History of Sui Dynasty,the Old Tang Book,the New Tang Book,the Zi Zhi Tong Jian,the image of Li Mi is complex.Although he is so ambitious and majestic,both civil and martial,raising courteous and virtuous guests,pay attention to affection and righteousness,he is eager to be craftsmanship,headstrong,and arbitrary.Such complexity provides a wider space for the later to process and rich his image.On the basis of historical narration,poetry collections and the novels create Li Mi's description.In the collection of poems,the literati criticized and satirized Li Mi,mainly highlighting his negative image and belittling his historical status.In the novel,Li Mi's image is further weakened and vilified,including the portrayal of Li Mi's positive image,but he appears as a foil character,and still portrays his negative image in the mainstream consciousness.The Story of the Whole Tang Dynasty even completely portrayed him as a lustful,incompetence and ungrateful image.Li Mi's image evolved from the complexity of the official history books to uniqueness of the negative image in the novel,which is the result of the interaction of various factors.Deconstructing Li Mi of "writing history" plays an important role in reconstructing Li Mi's image and correctly understanding him,which will help us understand the distance between the truth of history and text writing.